Peleton Magazine- cycling porn

jerry3571

Hello,
Just bought Peleton Magazine. As a Photography student over 10 years ago. this manazine has some fantastic photos and a bit of cycling too.
Anyone had a go on this Magazine??
-Jerry

EKIMIKE

I bought an edition a few months ago. It's decent, but not as good a Procycling in my opinion.

The constant americanisms jumped out at me an really got on my nerves by the end. I know it's picky, but i'm being honest, it annoyed me. But it's an american magazine so fair game.

Some of the articles were a bit 'floaty' 'weak' or pure w@nk depending on your degree of cynicism. Some on the other hand were excellent. All round - mixed bag.

Oh and yeh, it looks pretty but at times it's clear they're trying a bit too hard on the graphics front. Simplicity delivers the goods for me. Peloton is a little over-done.

jerry3571

Must admit to liking Tim de Waele's photos (Procycling); I'm afraid he has a good eye and a little more imagination- I'll look forward to reading the Peleton Magazine then...? :?

(other Tim de Waele stuff)-
http://www.corbis.co.in/searchresults.p ... %2C50%2C69

BarryBonds

ouch the first one is great

jerry3571

The corbis sight highlighted above has got loads; worth a look maybe-

-jerry

BarryBonds

dude i clicked on your link and my anti virus went into over drive

cajun_cyclist

edit: duplicate. Next post.

cajun_cyclist

It seems to me talk of this magazine occurred in this forum about last November.

Yeah, maybe I've seen it. It seems a bit on the extravagant side but so be it. A cheapie publication out now is called "Road Bike Action" I got the link but won't post it! I'm not here to plug anything , it's not too bad for a low price, you pay about double for a number of the other magazines out there.

Actually, I am bringing up the link: http://www.roadbikeaction.com/ , I did not care for this cover. It seems they may be worried about who they put on the cover so they put on a state of the art bike it looks like, that's not better in my view. Still, you can see they have fair coverage at the website, if we are permitted to mention other websites, I don't think it's really polite.

Peloton looks like it would have some rides down memory lane and that looks good. Still, I'd want a lot of that if I were to get an issue. II think I've thumbed through it.

Gazzetta67

As soon as i seen the word "CAMPY" the magazine went back on the rack

It`s a sad fact that even Campagnolo have "sold out" now to americanisms.

FransJacques

Gazzetta67 wrote:

As soon as i seen the word "CAMPY" the magazine went back on the rack

It`s a sad fact that even Campagnolo have "sold out" now to americanisms.

Get over yourself, no one cares. We notice but we don't care.

Do you also walk down the street pointing out black vs white people?

Do you get slapped daily?

mroli

I didn't think that much of the issue of Peloton that I read - was a Leopard Trek issue and I just thought it was a bit superficial.

BikingBernie

Mmm. 'Bicycle porn'. Apt really, given the banner on your cover picture and where it links to.

P.s. The download worked fine for me.

P.P.s. Pity the content is more 'advertorial' than substance.

Gazzetta67

FransJacques wrote:

Gazzetta67 wrote:

As soon as i seen the word "CAMPY" the magazine went back on the rack

It`s a sad fact that even Campagnolo have "sold out" now to americanisms.

Get over yourself, no one cares. We notice but we don't care.

Do you also walk down the street pointing out black vs white people?

Do you get slapped daily?

Did i touch a nerve there ? Oh yes i forgot your the greatest country in the world in your own eyes.

BikingBernie

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Did i touch a nerve there ? Oh yes i forgot your the greatest country in the world in your own eyes.

Assuming this spat is over the use of 'Americanisms', and also assuming that it is being assumed that FransJacques is from 'over the pond' (if all that makes sense...), then it has to be said that not all Americans are blind about the shortcomings of the USA.

Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%

Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income - an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.

http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-one-percent-201105

And:

The United States of Inequality

http://www.slate.com/id/2267157/

I also recently read the following about the reality of America's supposed culture of ‘entrepreneurship’, which I found interesting:

An important part of our national identity is built around the idea that – thanks to low taxes, limited regulation, unfettered labor markets, and a national spirit of entrepreneurship – the United States offers an environment for small business that is unmatched anywhere else in the world. The international economic data, however, tell a different story about the state of U.S. small business. By every measure of small-business employment, the United States has among the world’s smallest small-business sectors (as a proportion of total national employment).

http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/small-business-2009-08.pdf

Just let's not mention 'The war on terror' or the likes of Michele Bachmann.

cajun_cyclist

I could by a new spanner for the price of the mag but anyway, one of the stories reads and back to the main story anyway:

Fausto Coppi & World War II
Intern

http://pelotonmagazine.com/Subscribe/su ... /Subscribe

A lot of us here probably know a bit about this story already, Coppi was a barber, p.o.w and I forget the man's name but the one Brit serving in the army knew who he was. I've got the story in a cycle sport and believe I have pulled up a story on the web as well.

After World War II and basically after his career into the 1950s, Coppi went to somewhere in Africa, the country escapes me now and he contracted malaria off the top of my head, unfortunate.

I wish Cycle Sport came out with a book or even a dedicated issue on all of those "nostalgia" stories they run, those are really good anyway. All of those black and white photos and often of people one doesn't know too much about.

Anyway, I'm going to stay out of the poltics except in commenting about Campy, Simplex had problems when they used that plastic I believe called "delrin" but I like the ol' Simplex and Huret mechs anyway. I've got a Huret, thing works so fine, so do a lot of Shimanos though to tell you the truth. Shimanos of course, much more recent.

You talk about "Entrepeneurialism", Chris and I've traded emails with him, started Velo Orange bike supplies, he has some good stuff, I'll say that and he started it with an entrepeneurial (misspelled but you know what I'm saying) spirit. He hearkened back to the vintage French bikes and style. He even had some old Simplex mechs he was selling, too bad, I didn't get one at the time. he bought a whole lot of them.

http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/

http://store.velo-orange.com/

Chris grew up near the water, in Annapolis, home of the Naval academy, over at Amazon, he actually has some books on canoeing, so in this, I totally admire the guy and it shows what can be done. No plug for Velo Orange here, I'm just saying Chris is actually a nice guy and he's written how he started VO with a few thousand dollars to get an inventory. Chris hasn't been kind when I showed him one of my bikes, basically a beater bike, train station bike, Motobecane Nomade which I didn't take kindly too, he thinks it's too heavy and all that, I like it because it is reliable and durable and gets up hills okay,. But he'd be more hospitable to a 531 Reynolds tubing bike I have, Raleigh and that thing is nice, these are vintage bikes, half chromed fork, all that, got some chrome peel with a hard winter a few years ago.... so I definitely keep them inside now....maybe sometime I might have it rechromed, I didn't get rust, just some chrome peel which is not noticeable. The Raleigh really is a bit charming to ride and glides, even when I load it up.

Ever so often on that velo orange blog, politics has entered in and I say cool it. Chris is far from a conservative so in that vein, it is interesting that per free market capitalism, he seems to have done pretty well, did his first thing with canoes or canoe types of boats, Kayaks and now went on to bikes and I've learned a whole lot from him.

Still, as lovely as triple crank is, I probably won't be shelling out that kind of money for one, they are designed off of that French company, not Stronglight but the other one, they are rather dazzling and lightweight. TA, that's the name of the company I think. Velo Orange is real big in French styles but I'd have to say also in the style of Dutch and of course, Japanese (Honcho Fender/Mudguards for ex.) bikes as well. He made his own niche, lots of fair tips on the blog, not saying I'm a big buyer, I got a few things from them, they are reasonably priced compared to some other outfits.

Velo Orange sells a lot of stuff, saddle bags, racks, even saddles. Some of the stuff is made in Mainland China which some don't like, they are the Communists but a lot of the stuff is made in Taiwann, I think the saddles are Australian leather assembled in Taiwan, I'm sure they are good enough. Kind of like the Rivendell "Cardiff" saddles, I think they are made in Taiwann. So, Chris to me takes both from Sheldon Brown, Rest in Peace and Grant and the Rivendell people, Rivendell is thought to be expensive, one can learn about what these people do and sorry to say, individually, hunt for the best deal or scavenge old bikes for parts and do well without purchasing anything.

Slate is a good internet magazine, Salon which is easy for me to confused Slate with, I do not care for.

My Motobecane is much like this MotonConfort bike from France sold on ebay, same colour, perhaps a few slight differences, the MotonConfort may have better lugs, things like that.[/url]

ms_tree

mroli wrote:

I didn't think that much of the issue of Peloton that I read - was a Leopard Trek issue and I just thought it was a bit superficial.

Yeah I agree. I got it on impulse when I saw it on the shelf in Smith's. Thought the paper was cheap and won't get it again.

rajMAN

Gazzetta67 wrote:

As soon as i seen the word "CAMPY" the magazine went back on the rack

It`s a sad fact that even Campagnolo have "sold out" now to americanisms.

Well said

jerry3571

Photos in Peleton are nice though; come on!

Was it the corbis Link which went mad?? I got siteadvisor and Norton giving the website a green light. :?

-Jerry

cajun_cyclist

I'd like to peruse other UK biking forums, retro bike or CTC and see how often Campy is said anyway. The OP should not worry about it. We are talking about the content and like I said, I'll get the Road bike action Tour de France issue because it's cheap and has all the stages mapped out. After that, lots of cycling magazines are prohibitively expensive. Our nearest book agent closed its door and now it's a bit of a task to go to one though not impossible, I'll give this magazine a closer look.

cajun_cyclist

Experts say Campagnolo is not that good anymore anyway, my raincape is Campy, does okay.

cajun_cyclist

By the way, Campy Oldy http://www.campyoldy.co.uk/ Is a good place to find spare rear mech parts.

FransJacques

Gazzetta67 wrote:

FransJacques wrote:

Gazzetta67 wrote:

As soon as i seen the word "CAMPY" the magazine went back on the rack

It`s a sad fact that even Campagnolo have "sold out" now to americanisms.

Get over yourself, no one cares. We notice but we don't care.

Do you also walk down the street pointing out black vs white people?

Do you get slapped daily?

Did i touch a nerve there ? Oh yes i forgot your the greatest country in the world in your own eyes.

No, if a couple words trouble you, how do you react to black people, muslims, jews, etc? Must be a tormented life you lead.

I'm not american, am multilingual and my wife's first language isn't english so I've learned to overlook minor differences and concentrate on the wider message.

As for new mags, Cycle Sports was repleat with spelling mistakes and other typos early in its life in the 90s, but it evolved into something pretty readable.

Gazzetta67

FransJacques wrote:

Gazzetta67 wrote:

FransJacques wrote:

Gazzetta67 wrote:

As soon as i seen the word "CAMPY" the magazine went back on the rack

It`s a sad fact that even Campagnolo have "sold out" now to americanisms.

Get over yourself, no one cares. We notice but we don't care.

Do you also walk down the street pointing out black vs white people?

Do you get slapped daily?

Did i touch a nerve there ? Oh yes i forgot your the greatest country in the world in your own eyes.

No, if a couple words trouble you, how do you react to black people, muslims, jews, etc? Must be a tormented life you lead.

I'm not american, am multilingual and my wife's first language isn't english so I've learned to overlook minor differences and concentrate on the wider message.

As for new mags, Cycle Sports was repleat with spelling mistakes and other typos early in its life in the 90s, but it evolved into something pretty readable.

Ooh please stop it i`m so hurt......God you really do have a big chip on your shoulder.thanks for telling me your life story that will make me sleep a lot better tonight. you forgot to mention christians and hindu`s also.